Q: Is 42,487,929 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,487,929 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,487,929 not a prime number?

A prime number is a natural number, greater than one, that can only be divided by 1 and itself.

The number 42487929 can be evenly divided by 1 3 9 11 27 29 33 87 99 261 297 319 783 957 2,871 4,933 8,613 14,799 44,397 54,263 133,191 143,057 162,789 429,171 488,367 1,287,513 1,465,101 1,573,627 3,862,539 4,720,881 14,162,643 and 42,487,929, with no remainder.

Since 42,487,929 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,487,929, it is not a prime number.


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  • All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).

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